Magic Knight Rayearth Fan Fiction ❯ Just Visiting ❯ The untitled chapter ( Chapter 3 )

<Author's Notes: my friend who usually reads my work before I post it and gives me suggestions about my stories, has gone on an exchange thing to France for the next three months… I feel hungry… That was more of a personal author's note but I felt it necessary `cause as a result of that, I may end up not updating as much as I have been as of late. Anyway, R&R and if you're interested in reading a slightly strange Rayearth fic I suggest going to www.mitsukai.com and click on the Rob Barba's in progress, Caught Between Worlds fic. It's good, in my opinion, at least five thousand words per chapter. So I suggest you check it out.>

"Hey, Hikaru you almost ready to go? If you don't hurry, you're going to be late for school!" Masaru called from the hallway.

"I'll be there in a minute Masaru nii-sama!" she called back. She ran back and forth in her room trying to find her Biology textbook, "Where did I…" she didn't need to finish her question, for she saw the reflection of the book underneath her bed from the tiny mirror of Lantis' pendant that hug from the hook by her doorway. Momentarily forgetting about the textbook, she gently grabbed the hanging pendant; its golden chain was entangled around her fingers as she gazed at the intricate beauty of the object that dangled and shown brilliantly in front of her. `Lantis…'

Most of that night had been a blur; initially, all she wanted was to thank him for being so kind towards her. The most she'd expected was a simple peck on her cheek, she would have been more than grateful to receive that, `but then he and me…' she shrived slightly from merely reminiscing; `does he have any idea how good he made me feel that night? Does he know how much I want to experience that feeling again?' she wondered as she clutched the pendant close to her heart. "I want to go back. Back to Cephiro…" unfortunately her wish remained unfulfilled, fore no intense ray of light swallowed up her being, nor did she feel the strange tingle in the pit of her stomach which had always occurred when she'd been transported to Cephiro the first two times. "Why Nova…?"

`I wanted to avoid the horrible cliché's that would have transpired that following morning; you would have woken up and been all starry eyed around him and you would have been all huggie huggie, kissy, kissy. There was no way I was going to sit around and endure all that love crap! So before I got the uncontrollable urge to impale us upon a tree branch, I transported us out of there'

Hikaru looked over to her dresser to find the doppelganger staring back at her through its mirror. "What! What's wrong with cliché's? I don't mind cliché's-Wait, that's why you teleported us back?"

`Yes. Cliché's are evil!'

"You're evil." Hikaru replied slightly flustered.

`That's not the point. Besides, you know what happens when two evil forces mix.'

"No I don't, what happens?"

`What do I look like? A mathematician? How the Hell should I know?'

"Oi, I don't have time for this. Masaru nii-sama's waiting for me!" she yelled as she put the pendant on.

`Wow you seem slightly pissed.'

"I'm not talking to you anymore! HA! For one week I'm completely ignoring you. That's your punishment and I wont set anything on fire or inflict any pain on myself either.

`What! That's not far! That's'-

"Too bad."

"Hey Hikaru, come on let's go!" Her brother called again.

"Uh, coming!" She replied and ran out of the room.

`Ha! She still forgot her text book.' Nova whispered, before her image in the mirror faded away.

* * *

"So, let me get this straight, you were transported to Cephiro last Friday, and you didn't tell us because?" Umi yelled into Hikaru's ear.

"Ah!" the crimson haired girl cried as she clutched her aching ear. Her friends voice had been so strong she'd fallen off the back of the park bench she'd been balancing herself on. "Not so loud Umi."

"Now you know how it feels!" she shot back.

"But Miss Umi, it was rather loud," Fuu politely stated. "Perhaps it would be best not to speak so loudly about Cephiro while around other people. They're starting to stare, or perhaps we should move to a…less lively section of this park."

The three girls had decided to meet up after school today and have the picnic that they were supposed to have had the Saturday after Hikaru's little visit to Cephiro. They would have had it that day, but when Umi had called Hikaru's house to confirm the picnic that morning, Kakeru had told her that Hikaru was too tired to even get up and talk on the phone and that she was really sorry and would get together with her and Fuu Tuesday and have the picnic after school since all three girls had a shortened day.

Umi then called Fuu, who when finally answered the phone didn't seem all too disappointed when she was told that Hikaru had pretty much ditched them-probably because she had been still half asleep at the time- but they'd decided to go and hang out at the mall later instead. Which, actually worked out better for the two; Umi had wanted to go shopping for some new clothes, and Fuu needed to get down there to pick up something that Kuu and her had decided to bye for their mother's up and coming birthday. So in the end everybody won; Fuu and Umi had a blast hanging out at the mall and Hikaru got to sleep and not get dragged out to the mall-the red head never did like malls much-

"Oh, no! I'm not moving, we just got here; I had to run like a mad thing to get from my school over to the library then to meet up with you two and walk half way across the city just so we could get to this stupid park! My legs are sore from walking and I'm too tired to move anymore than I have too."

"It was only a suggestion Umi-san," Fuu said as she opened the box of cheesecake that she'd bought and sliced a piece for each of them.

"Ee! Cheesecake!" Umi happily announced as she accepted the slice.

`Umi can be really unpredictable at times, her attitude changes at the drop of a dime.' Hikaru mused as she smiled warmly at her friends.

"So Hikaru-san, the reason why you were so tired on Saturday was because you transported yourself to Cephiro and used up much of your energy much of your energy when you came back to Earth?" She questioned as she handed a napkin of cake to Hikaru.

"Yep, Arigato!"

"Then what did you do while you were there?" Umi asked as she pulled a lock of hair back behind her ear as a light breeze blew by. Then took yet another bite of the rich tasting cheesecake.

`Lantis…' a deep blush swept across her face as she lowered her head in an attempt to hide her reddening skin. "Oh…A, n-nothing really…" after shoving the last piece of cake in her mouth she fiddled with the messy napkin.

"Oh is that so?" Umi pried.

"Yes. As a matter of fact; for the most part all I did was sleep."

`And sleep with Lantis.' Nova suddenly cooed.

`Shut up.' Hikaru shot back.

`Why? It's not like they can here what I'm saying.'

`I told you, I'm not talking to you.'

`But you're talking to me right now.'

`…Don't confuse me. I'm not talking to you so good bye.'

"Um, Hikaru-san?"

"What?" she asked slightly nervous, "did I say something just now?"

"You blanked out on us again." Umi stated dryly.

"Oh, is that all," the girl replied, breathing a sigh of relief. "Good."

"Good?"

"Never mind, Nova and I got into a little fight that's all. So I'm trying to give her the silent treatment, but it's not working out so well…"

Umi sighed, "I befriend the strangest people…"

"What do you mean Umi-san?"

"I do! I mean look at Hikaru; a vertically challenged, multi-personality girl, who most of the time acts like she's six, not almost sixteen!"

"Hey" Hikaru pouted after that remark, "I don't have multi-personalities, I only have one other personality."

"I used to be cool, before I met you two." Umi joked. Which was met by two glares from her friends.

Hikaru's expression changed into a sly grin as she scooped a piece of the cake out of its box and held the spoon back with her finger.

Umi's eyes went wide, "no, don't you dare!" she yelled as Hikaru took aim at her ocean blue hair.

"I dare." She said as she let the cake fly. Luckily for Umi, Hikaru missed her target and instead it hit her blouse.

"Hey!" Umi looked up, only to find Hikaru reloading her weapon. It wasn't long before the fire Knight was chasing her comrade across the park, with cheesecake with the box of cheesecake.

Fuu sighed inwardly at herself as she watched her two friends chase each other, `I can see why some people have trouble believing that we are the Magic Knights…' she thought as she pulled out a book from her school bag and turned to the marked page where she'd left off and resumed reading.

<Author's Notes: well this chapter and the one before it was I guess you could say somewhat fillery, they don't really hold much significance and nothing really happens. Which is what I was going for. This was written to sort of help get a better feel of the character's personality's. So um, yeah, the second chapter was sort of Lantis and his thoughts about Hikaru, where as this chap, were more Hikaru and her hanging out with her friends. What will happen in the next chapter will be as interesting for you to read; as it will be for me-considering I haven't written it. I don't know, I write blindly, so I make things up as I go along, which usually works out well, or at least it has so far. Thanks for reading my fic and I hope you enjoyed it. If you have any comments, questions suggestions or flames, feel free to review or drop me a line at Firestorm_244@hotmail.com Ja!>